Month: August 2021

Peter Cade | Getty Images Most retirees — including those with less wealth — aren’t tapping their nest eggs before their required withdrawals, according to research from J.P. Morgan Asset Management and the Employee Benefit Research Institute. Some 80% of the retirees studied didn’t withdraw money from accounts before their required minimum distributions, known as
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Bitcoin’s biggest investors appear to be upping their positions as the price recovers. Cryptocurrency accounts holding roughly $50 million or more worth of bitcoin have steadily increased their buying since the end of June, according to new data from blockchain firm Chainalysis. That bullishness continued into late August as prices rebounded above $50,000. “The bitcoin
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Here are the most important news, trends and analysis that investors need to start their trading day: S&P 500 looks to add to record; J&J touts booster; meme stocks pop House Democrats clear path toward passing budget bill, infrastructure Biden set to host American CEOs for cybersecurity summit Intelligence review on coronavirus origin expected to
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U.S. stock index futures were little changed during overnight trading Tuesday, after the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite closed at record highs during regular trading. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 20 points. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures were modestly higher. The S&P 500 advanced 0.15% on Tuesday for
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In this article JWN A shopper leaves a Nordstrom store on May 26, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Nordstrom shares fell Tuesday after the department store chain reported fiscal second-quarter sales remained below pre-pandemic levels. Compared with a year earlier, sales more than doubled, as shoppers used Nordstrom’s anniversary sale as
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Dr. Peter Hotez warned that rapid spread of the delta coronavirus variant has forced the threshold for the amount of Americans requiring vaccination in order to achieve herd immunity much higher.  “We’re now realizing with the variant that’s this transmissible, that we have to get to 85%, maybe, as Tony Fauci said, 90% of the
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Klaus Vedfelt | Getty Images The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for 2022 potentially will be the biggest in 40 years. Estimates indicate the annual boost could be 6.2%, prompted by rising inflation. But rising prices on grocery store shelves and at gasoline pumps aren’t the only reasons why those bigger monthly benefit checks will likely
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An employee brings a television to a customer’s car at a Best Buy store in Orlando, Florida. Paul Hennessy | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Best Buy said Tuesday fiscal second-quarter sales rose nearly 20% as consumers upgraded devices and equipment and permanently embraced habits formed over the past year — from hybrid work to
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In this article BOSCHLTD-IN Bloomberg German technology and engineering group Bosch, which is the world’s largest car-parts supplier, believes semiconductor supply chains in the automotive industry are no longer fit for purpose as the global chip shortage rages on. Harald Kroeger, a member of the Bosch management board, told CNBC’s Annette Weisbach in an exclusive
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Los Angeles County Regional Food Bank workers help with food distribution in Willowbrook, California on April 29, 2021. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images States that withdrew early from federal unemployment programs pushed few people back to work and fueled a nearly $2 billion cut in household spending, potentially hurting their local economies,
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Hero Images | Getty Images At some point, individuals who are charitably inclined might determine that writing checks here and there to various nonprofits is no longer cutting it. For those who want a more permanent way to help the greater good during their lifetime, and perhaps beyond, options include either a private foundation or
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Flashpop | DigitalVision | Getty Images There’s something different about the flood of new investors who entered the market in the last 18 months. They are younger, more diverse, use technology to make trades and turn to social media to learn about investing and research investment ideas, a new CNBC/Momentive Invest in You survey found.
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